Safety-razor-blade holder



April 3, 1928. 1,665,125

- E. BARDET SAFETY RAZOR BLADE HOLDER Filed May 18,1926

awn/Mia's Edouard Bardef;

Patented Apr, 3,, 1928.

STATES EDO'U'ABD' BABDET, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SAFETY-RAZQRFBLADE HQLTDER.

Application filed May 18,

This invention relates to safety razor blade holders of a character adapted for use in connection with the stropping of blades of various styles and makes.

Gne object of the invention is to provide a holder for different types of razor blades which is simple in character, eiiicient in operation, can be cheaply and readily manufactured with a minimum of parts and labor, and which, byreason of its extreme simplicity, affords a construction that enables a blade to be inserted and sharpened without the usual tedious and complicated methods of the prior art holders.

Other and very important features of the invention are the blade supporting members for holding a blade in position in the holder, and the cooperating means at the opposite ends of the handle members for-maintaining said handle members in perfect alignment when in closed position. particular cooperating means at the opposite ends of the handle membersaiford rigidity of the holder and blade in the position of use.

Moreover, due to the simplicity of the construction of the holder, it requires but a very simple and quick operation to insert a blade of the desired type therein and to perform whatever stropping operation is necessary within a minimum of time.

In the drawing;

Figure l is a perspective view of the holder of this invention shown with the handle members closed together in operative relation, there being shown a razor blade in position therebetw'een;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the holder of Figu re 1 shown with the handle members in their open or out-of-use position;

Figure 8 is a sectional view taken substan tially along the line 3-3 of Figure 1, showing a blade of the type provided with an enlarged permanent back, held in position between the closed hahdle members of the holder;

Figure 4 is a detailed perspective view of the blade supporting member provided with rigid studs adapted for use with a blade of the character illustrated in dotted lines;

Figure 5 is a sectional view of the holder with the blade supporting member and blade of Figure 4 shown in position between the closed handle members, and

Figure 6 is'a detailed perspective view of The 1926. Serial No. 169,958,

a clip member employed with a particular type of razor blade, the blade being shown in dotted lines.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, wherein like numerals indicate-similar parts in the several views, 10 and 11 indi cate respectively the handle members of the holder of this invention.

The handle members. 10 and 11 are cut away at the blade receivingsections of their length as indicated at 10 and 11 respectively, to form, preferably, a diamondshaped configuration in cross section as illustrated in Figures 3 and 5.

The handle member 10 is provided in its inner face with a plain or uninterrupted rectangular recess 12 and the handle member 11 is provided with a similar recess 13. The opposed faces of the handle members are thus provided with recesses which are adapted to cooperate and to be in exact alignment when the handles are in their closed position, as illustrated in Figure 1, to receive and support a'blade and holder to be described hereinafter.

The handle member 10 is provided at one end with an integral longitudinally extend ing lug or projection 14, which has a portion 14' depending therefrom on its inner face for a purpose to be hereinafter described, and at its inner end there is formed a transverse slot 15. l

The handle member 11 is bifurcated at one end as shown at 16, thereby providing projections or shoulders 17 and l8'which cooperate with the longitudinally extending lug or projection 14 of the handle member 10. It is to be noted that the shoulders 17 and 18 are rounded ofi at their lower ends as at 17' and 18 respectively, to allow the squared inner end of the handle member- 10 to pass them freely whenit is moved into engagement with the other handle member 11, and yet ailord a tight and substantially close fit to prevent relative movement of the two members at their inner end s.

A pintle 19 is employed to pivotally'connect the handle members together, and it will be noted that this pintle extends through aligned perforations formed in the projecting log 14 of the handle member 10 and theprojections or shoulders 17 and 18 on the handle member 11.

At the opposite end of the handle member 11 there is provided a depending lug 20, preferably centrally arranged with respect lid till

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to the end of the handle member, which lug isadapted to engage in the slot 15 formed In the handle member 10, thereby maintaining the outer ends of the members against relative movement when closed.-

it will be seen that by reason of the provision of the elongated longitudinallyprojecting lug 14: of the handle member 10 which'engages the bifurcated portion 16 of the handle member 11, together with the cooperation between the centrally disposed and depending lug 20 and the transverse slot 15 of the handle members 11 and 10 respectively, a very rigid and immovable construction is effected when the handle members are in their closed position as illustrated in Fig are it.

That is to say, that, by reason-of the co operation of the parts it, 16, 15 and 20*, the handle members are maintained in perfect alignment in closed position,

ln Figure trated one of the removable blade supporting members or holders in the form oi a fiat plate, preferably metal, having a base portion 21 and integral rigid studs 22, 22,lupstanding therefrom. I

The dimensions of the blade supporting member, that is to say the base plate 21, are

such as to allow it to lit snugly within either at the recesses ,12 and lid, although the fit is such as to allow its ready removallrom the recess. 4

t will be observed that when the supporting member 21 is in position within one oi the recesses, and the opposite handlememher is brought into closed position with respect to the handle carrying the blade supporting member, the studs 22 project into the opposing recess. lit will be noted that the top surface of the base plate 21 is, preferably, flush with the inner lace oil the hondle member when the blade supporting member is in position within either ot-the reccsses 12 or 13.

The blade 23 shown in dotted lines, l 'igure 4:, is provided with perforations 24 which receive the studs 22 and maintain the blade in engagement with the base plate or blade supporting member 21 When it is desired to sharpen a blade of the Gillette type such as that illustrated in dotted lines in Figure 1, it is merely necessary to insert a finger hail in either one or both of the notches 25 (Figure 1) provided in the opposing faces the outer end of each handle member, to separate the handle members 10 and 11. 'llhereaiter, theblade supporting member 21 its-positioned in either of the recesses 12 or 13 and the blade at the type shown in Figure d is placed in. position upon the member 21 with the studs 22 engaging in the recesses 2d. The handle menuber opposite that in which the blade supporting member 21 is held, isthen moved 4 of the drawings there is illus-' about its pivot oint or pintle 19 and the two handle mem ers brought into intimate contact, that is to say, to their closed position as illustrated in Figure 1. It will be readily seen that the depending lug 20 on the handle member 11 will then engage in the transverse slot 15 formed in the inner end of the handle member 10, thereby maintaining the two members in perfect alignment.

While the cooperating'parts 15 and 20, arranged at the outer ends of the handle membore 10 and 11, respectively, are serving their purpose of maintaining those ends in erfect alignment, the longitudinally exten ing' lug 14, arranged at the inner end of the handle member 10, by its cooperation with and engagement in the bifurcated inner end be tween the shoulders 17 and'18 of the handle member 11, serves to hold the inner ends of the two handle members in substantially rigid engagement and perfect alignment.

My reason oil the fact that the handle members 10 and 11 are cut away at 1d and 11, respectively to provide theblade receiving sections of the handle members with a configuration substantially diamond-shaped in cross section, the sharpened edges of the Gillette type blade will extend beyond the edges oi the handle members to enable each edge of the blade to be brought into engagement with a strep to allow an easy strep-ping operation. A

W hen it is desired to sharpen a blade, of the character indicated at 26 (Figure 3), which blade is provided with a permanent reinlorcing portion or baclr 27, such for ex ample as the hlverdteady or Gem types of blade, the blade supporting member 21 is not used,

1n order to hold the blade of Figure 3 in Mid position it is merely necessary to rest its reinforcing portion or back27 in either of the recesses 12 and 13 and move the handle members to their closed position, as preper or unsharpened edge oilthe blade 28.

The clip or blade holder 2%,is formed, preferably, from a blank; olsheet' metal folded over to resent a configuration which is substantial y ll shaped in cross section with its lower edges ared outwardly as indicated at 30. By so constructing the clip, it may be readily applied to the upper edge of the blade, and due to its resiliency, will form a snug rit thereon When employing a clip or blade holder oi the type shown at 29, lilrewiso the blade supporting member 21 of Figure 4 is not used, the clip 29 being adapted to be inserted into lltl either one of the recesses 12 and 13 in a manner similar to that in which the blade 26, having thev permanent back 27, (Figure 3), is applied to the holder. I

The depth of the recesses 12 and 13 is such as to provide, when they are brought together into cooperative relation, a' space merely a fraction larger than the width of either of the blade supporting members 21 and 29 or of a size approximately equivalent to the thickness of the supporting or reinforcing back member 27 of the blade 26.

By so proportioning the recesses 12 and 13 it will be readily seen that when either of the blades or blade supporting members are' in position in the holder, there is adsolutely no chance for any relative movement between such blades, blade supporting members, and the handle members of the holder of this invention.

The application of the Gillette type blade and its particular supporting member to the holder of this invention is probably best illustrated in the sectional view, Figure The handle members may be made of metal or other suitable material by casting or in any other suitable nmnncr.- These handle members may also be formed by stamping them out of sheet metal.

Applicant does not wish to be restricted to the'materials en'lployed in making the holder of this invention nor the method of producing such holder.

While the several parts of the holder have been defined in their preferred rela-' tionship, nevertheless a, reversal of parts maybe used within the purview of this invention. j I I The holder'of this invention, one embodiment of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, has been developed to overcome the objectionable and impracticable devices of the prior art.

I claim A holder forsafety razor blades having in combination a pair of coacting handle members having at one end projections hingedlv connected together and extending vertical y to prevent endwise shifting of the handle members, one. of said handle membersat its opposite end having a depending lug adapted to engage a complementary slot in the adjacent end of the other handle member so as to coact with said projections for preventing shifting of the handle members when in the closed position, the inner surface of each of saidrmembers having oppositely disposed longitudinal recesses, and a removable blade holder adapted to fit and be positively held in said longitudinal recesses, said blade holder arranged to prevent endwise as well as lateral movement of the handle members when the parts are in their closed position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

EDOUARD BARDET. 

